Hope Eternal was a scientist and teacher employed by Warfield Academy. A one-shot antagonist voiced by American actress, Kath Soucie, the character appeared in episode 15 ("Never Lose Hope") of the 1991 spin-off animated television series, James Bond Jr.
Biography[]
Hope Eternal had several degrees in electrical engineering and conducted research in the field of brainwave analysis. Her father, a brilliant scientist in his own right, developed revolutionary neuroscientific medical equipment. He was abducted by the criminal organisation, S.C.U.M., who imprisoned him in their Pacific island laboratory and forced him to alter the machine. Instead of healing, the machine would scramble the brainwaves of world leaders, turning them into zombies who took orders only from S.C.U.M.. Before they could execute their plan, 007 infiltrated and destroyed the laboratory. Mr. Eternal was secretly given a new identity by the CIA to keep his whereabouts secret; largely in order to protect Hope, who might have been interrogated by S.C.U.M. for his location, had she known. However, Hope believed that 007 had murdered her father in cold blood and continued her father's work; rebuilding the brain scrambler to take vengeance upon 007's nephew, James Bond Jr.
Roughly a year later, having failed on several occasions to kidnap the youth, Hope applied for a teaching position at Warfield Academy. Replacing the departing science teacher, Mr. Pollock, she staged her own abduction during an outing to the planetarium; leaving a series of map coordinates to the now-abandoned S.C.U.M. island. Having lured Bond and his friends to the island, she captured them and shackled the youth to the operating table. Before she could scramble his brainwaves, Bond activated his rocket boots and launched the table into the equipment behind him - causing it to overload. In the chaos, he freed himself and raised a cage around Eternal and her assistant, pulling the plug before the machine exploded. On returning to Warfield, Buddy Mitchell revealed to Hope that her father is alive. She embraced her father, apologising profusely to Bond. Her fate is ultimately unknown.
Trivia[]
- Her name comes from the proverb "Hope springs eternal".